US EditionCEO Andy Jassy Says Amazon’s 14,000 Layoffs Weren’t About Cutting Costs or AI Taking Jobs: 'It's Culture'
Amazon aims to increase speed and ownership by cutting 14,000 corporate jobs, with possible further reductions in 2026, despite strong profits and AI investments.
- On October 28, 2025, Amazon announced it would lay off around 14,000 of its corporate workforce, warning cuts could reach 10% or more than 30,000 in 2026.
- On the earnings call Thursday, Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO, said the cuts are not financially or AI driven, while Beth Galetti, head of HR at Amazon, framed them as removing layers to increase ownership.
- Reuters reports the cuts will mainly affect HR, devices, services and operations teams, and Amazon will offer most employees 90 days to look for a new role internally with transition support.
- Some employees are posting layoffs on social media and a senior recruiter wrote `this chapter is now closed` on LinkedIn, while Amazon's stock is up 12% after the company's latest quarter profit of $18 billion.
- Last week, The New York Times reported Amazon will ramp up warehouse automation in the coming years, cutting about 600,000 hires, and expects efficiency gains next year after prior layoffs of approximately 27,000.
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CEO Andy Jassy says Amazon’s 14,000 layoffs weren’t about cutting costs or AI taking jobs: 'It's culture'
Amazon’s CEO has finally spoken up about the company’s 14,000 layoffs earlier this week, and he claims the motive was not at all financial. Speaking during the company’s quarterly earnings call Thursday, CEO Andy Jassy said laying off those employees was about a mismatched cultural fit—and nothing else. “The announcement that we made a few days ago was not really financially driven, and it’s not even really AI-driven, not right now at least,” he…
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Amazon benefits from the AI boom: AWS is no longer growing as strong as it has been since 2022, while the AI chip trainium is sold out. However, the Group is massively reducing jobs, but surprisingly this is not due to AI.
By Clare Duffy, CNN What was Amazon’s executive director Andy Jassy’s explanation of the dismissal of 14,000 employees? It wasn’t due to economic issues. Not even AI, but to business culture. The announcement of the dismissals this week “was not due to economic motives, not even to AI, at least for now. It’s a cultural issue,” said Jassy in response to an analyst’s question during the company’s performance presentation on Thursday. Amazon’s quar…
By Clare Duffy, CNN What was Amazon’s executive director Andy Jassy’s explanation of the dismissal of 14,000 employees? It wasn’t due to economic issues. Not even AI, but to business culture. The announcement of the dismissals this week “was not due to economic motives, not even to AI, at least for now. It’s a cultural issue,” said Jassy in response to an analyst’s question during the company’s performance presentation on Thursday. Amazon’s quar…
Times of India
The Economic TimesAmazon layoffs 2025: Andy Jassy sparks backlash after saying 14,000 job cuts are about “culture,” not AI
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy faces criticism after announcing 14,000 layoffs, claiming the cuts arent AI or cost-driven but part of a “cultural reset.” The move, potentially Amazons largest ever, comes as the company expands its AI operations, fueling speculation about automation and the future of corporate jobs at Amazon
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